This Day in HistoryAug. 14, 1945: Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender, effectively ending World War II. The formal signing of surrender documents will take place on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the American battleship USS Missouri moored in Tokyo Bay.

Number to Know1: The battleship USS West Virginia was the only ship present at both the ceremony of Japanese surrender and the Pearl Harbor attack of Dec. 7, 1941.

Website of the Day: The Unromantic Truth Behind the VJ Day Kiss Photohttp://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2012/10/unromantic-truth-vj-kiss-photoIt’s one of the most-famous photographs in history, a ebullient sailor planting a kiss on a nurse in celebration of the Japanese surrender. Here’s how it happened.